> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt.

# FDE jobs · Pre-sales / evaluation

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1&stage=presales&page=7

575 forward deployed engineer jobs and related deployment roles from 273 employers. Compare posted pay, locations and work arrangements, then read the employer’s posting.

Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs).

**575** postings · **273** companies · median **$198,000** · middle half $167,000–$231,000 · read Nov 8, 2026

[Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta)

### [Solutions Architect, Business Agents](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67acea4b3b24feb5)

Seattle, WA · New York, NY · +1 more 2mo ago

$130,000–$185,000

[LangChain](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/langchain)

### [Deployed Engineer (Federal)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40118733a4b00450)

Washington, DC Remote 2mo ago

$185,000–$300,000 · OTE

[Helios](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/helios)

### [Applied Intelligence Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5981309e6f071152)

New York, NY On-site 2mo ago

$165,000–$225,000

[Seekr](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seekr)

### [AI Engineer, Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3974fa16dd83f70a)

Reston, VA Hybrid 2mo ago

$185,000–$225,000

[Marsh & McLennan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/marsh-mclennan)

### [Oliver Wyman - Senior Lead AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/49b37c220780b79b)

New York, NY · Boston, MA Hybrid 2mo ago

$195,000–$250,000

[Capco](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/capco)

### [Principal Consultant – Semantic Data & AI Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/67092a02a2043ad9)

New York, NY Hybrid 2mo ago

$146,000–$183,000

[Axon Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/axon-enterprise)

### [Mission Engineer - Colorado Springs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/1ab174c19e8b1e22)

Colorado Springs, CO On-site 2mo ago

$127,500–$204,000

[Cascade AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cascade-ai)

### [Implementation Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/40d9998633e5a290)

Bellevue, WA Hybrid 3mo ago

$90,000–$125,000

[Lovable](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lovable)

### [Partner Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/df03085c8d553a3c)

New York, NY On-site 3mo ago

$199,000–$271,000

[Baseten](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/baseten)

### [AI Inference Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d9dd26df1b19851)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago

$165,000–$330,000

[Sierra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sierra)

### [Healthcare Integrations Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f70a270105c7febe)

San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago

$150,000–$290,000

[Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon)

### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3ff1ce35a22b105f)

New York, NY On-site 3mo ago

$200,000–$400,000

[Celonis](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/celonis)

### [Lead Deployment Architect - AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bf236dfac408a8bc)

New York, NY Hybrid 3mo ago

$177,000–$190,000

[NVIDIA](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/nvidia)

### [Senior Solutions Architect, Agentic AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bbc4e0e7b7f53b69)

Santa Clara, CA · US remote Remote 3mo ago

$184,000–$287,500

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Applied AI Engineer, Plugins](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b8424d0e52850251)

San Francisco, CA Hybrid 3mo ago

$197,000–$280,000

[Decagon](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/decagon)

### [Engineering Lead, Strategic Deployments](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/55e8a726e8f37fe4)

San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago

$200,000–$400,000

[SambaNova Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sambanova-systems)

### [Forward Deployment Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e5314bff9caf421c)

US Remote 3mo ago

$138,000–$170,000

[Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws)

### [Delivery Consultant- AI/ML, Data & Machine Learning (DML)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d8e966aeda24ed83)

Arlington, VA · Herndon, VA 4mo ago

$131,300–$177,600

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture)

### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Specialist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/05234902c7615380)

Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 4mo ago

$54,400–$196,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/522df6273aa0eeb2)

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 4mo ago

$251,000–$278,000

[CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting)

### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e2ffa46072f703d0)

Richmond, VA Hybrid 4mo ago

$90,000–$200,000

[West Monroe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/west-monroe)

### [Senior Applied AI Engineer/Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8a4b60dcc900fac7)

Boston, MA · Chicago, IL · +7 more 4mo ago

$225,000–$304,200

[CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave)

### [Staff Specialist Field Engineer, Robotics](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bface67af6b399f9)

San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA 4mo ago

$177,000–$237,000

[Accenture](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/accenture)

### [Google Agentic AI Delivery Senior Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/849934b3c434470f)

Albany, NY · Milwaukee, WI · +39 more 4mo ago

$80,400–$266,300

[CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting)

### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7abde90d3b7e3b97)

Reston, VA Hybrid 4mo ago

$90,000–$200,000

[InstaLILY](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/instalily)

### [Software Engineer, Full Stack](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/69133966645ebb04)

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA 4mo ago

$150,000–$190,000

[Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai)

### [AI Field Engineer - Enterprise](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/546672abcb710ae7)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid 5mo ago

$200,000–$260,000

[Bland AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bland-ai)

### [Agent Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2835d19d46c9e04d)

San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago

$120,000–$200,000

[CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting)

### [Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/359e6a76c207a2a9)

Richmond, VA Hybrid 4mo ago

$90,000–$200,000

[SentinelOne](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sentinelone)

### [Staff Forward Deploy Engineer (Fullstack - Java/React)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d65cfa2211fe3a1)

US Remote 5mo ago

$156,000–$215,000

[Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai)

### [AI Field Engineer - Strategic Partnerships](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/586637615ffab02a)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid 5mo ago

$200,000–$260,000

[SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex)

### [AI Engineer, Special Programs - Top Secret Clearance](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dcc647133c0d24b0)

Washington, DC 5mo ago

$125,000–$220,000

[CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting)

### [Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/08f25e2fbbedc82c)

Reston, VA Hybrid 4mo ago

$90,000–$200,000

[BCG](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/bcg)

### [BCG Platinion | Lead AI Tech Architect - AI Platforms](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4252868cd1a506)

Atlanta, GA · Austin, TX · +16 more 5mo ago

$190,000

[Fireworks AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/fireworks-ai)

### [AI Field Engineer - AI Natives](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c5cd7fc499de4582)

San Mateo, CA Hybrid 5mo ago

$200,000–$260,000

[Unstructured](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/unstructured)

### [AI Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/714325e0c7b85e01)

US Remote 6mo ago

$205,000–$365,000

[Booz Allen](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/booz-allen)

### [Agentic AI and Data Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/64d5cd11d7906ecf)

Honolulu, HI 6mo ago

$99,000–$225,000

[CapTech Consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/captech-consulting)

### [Lead Machine Learning / Data Science Engineer ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/329e826238fcede0)

Denver, CO Hybrid 6mo ago

$90,000–$200,000

[OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai)

### [Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f6eae965b2b6f816)

Washington, DC On-site 6mo ago

$211,000–$335,000

[Via](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/via)

### [Senior Engineer, AI Labs](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/3fa6ce9c797cb412)

New York, NY 6mo ago

$180,000–$250,000

299 of these 575 jobs build what the customer runs.

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## Frequently asked questions

### What do FDE jobs pay?

575 of 575 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $167,000 and $231,000, from 273 companies.

### How much experience do FDE jobs require?

Of 575 postings, 333 state a minimum number of years, from 190 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 179 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (95), under 3 years (34) or 10 or more years (25).

### Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?

These 575 postings come from 273 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Deloitte US](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/deloitte-us) (44), [Palantir](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/palantir) (21), [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) (20), [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) (19) and [Provectus](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/provectus) (11).

### Are FDE jobs remote?

117 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 165 are hybrid and 138 are on-site. The remaining 155 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 317 of the 575 postings.

Counted over the 575 postings in this search.

Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method)

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